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you require a cooling off period for your marriage and also to regulate
matter in the event a reconciliation is unsuccessful, you may enter
into an agreement with your spouse to live separate and apart from your
spouse and to state other terms of the separation.
In this agreement both parties
may mutually agree on the arrangement for the custody care and control
of the children(minor), maintenance of a spouse and/or children
and the division of the matrimonial assets in the event of a divorce in the future.
As the Separation Deed need not
be registered with any government department or filed in Court,
you may with the consent of your spouse revoke it at any point in
time. Since the document is not made public, your friends and relatives
would also not have any knowledge of the separation.
You should however note that in order to
revoke the deed, mutual consent is required. Further, the Family
Court has jurisdiction to set aside any of the terms unless the
said deed has been sanctioned by the Court. Usually parties do not
seek the Court's sanction in view of the legal costs involved.
The Deed of Separation should be
signed before a solicitor.
If you wish to enter into a Deed
Of Separation, call us at the no 6534 1328
for a quote. Once the fee is agreed, we will give you instructions
on payment of the initial deposit for the agreed fee. We would also
have to conduct a conflict search before we can act for you. Therefore
call us first or E-mail
Us your name, nric no as well as your spouse's name and
nric no for us to conduct the conflict search prior to submitting
the form.
The document is usually ready for
signature within 5 working days of provision of full instructions
and the receipt of payment of initial deposit for a simple deed.
For a more complex deed, more time is required. For urgent cases,
please contact us at 6534 1328 (9am
to 7pm) to make special arrangements.
Kindly do not e-mail any
confidential information to us until we have conducted a conflict
search confirming that we are not your spouse's solicitors.
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